Venezuelan opposition banking on protests, military backing

A man walks with a couple loaves of bread past a mural of Venezuela's late former president Hugo Chavez, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Nearly three weeks after the Trump administration backed an all-out effort to force out Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, the embattled socialist leader is holding strong and defying predictions of an imminent demise. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Members of the Bolivarian Militia hold a poster during a pro-government demonstration in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Nearly three weeks after the Trump administration backed an all-out effort to force out Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the embattled socialist leader is holding strong and defying predictions of an imminent demise. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela's opposition is calling supporters into the streets across the country in a campaign to break the military's support of President Nicolas Maduro.

Tuesday's demonstrations come after more than a month of pressure led by opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido, while Maduro remains firmly in power and at the military's helm.

Guaido in January declared presidential powers, calling on soldiers to reject Maduro and back a return to democracy.

He's drawn masses into the streets for past protests.

The struggle now centers on emergency food and medicine from the United States warehoused on the Colombian border town of Cucuta.

Maduro says it's part of a U.S.-led coup and won't let it across the border.